Grunt: Cannot parse Gruntfile

[MSFTW]

I'm having trouble with grunt launcher parsing my grunt file when this section is present in the grunt.initConfig section. Can you see the problem at a glance?

    // Used to generate per environment configuration
    ngconstant: {
        options: {
            name: 'app',
            dest: '<%= myHealth.app %>/app/config.js',
            template: grunt.file.read('config/templates/_constant.ejs'),
            constants: {
                appConfig: grunt.file.readJSON('config/global.json')
            }
        },
        dev: {
            constants: {
                appConfig: grunt.file.readJSON('config/dev.json')
            }
        },
        staging: {
            constants: {
                appConfig: grunt.file.readJSON('config/staging.json')
            }
        },
        production: {
            constants: {
                appConfig: grunt.file.readJSON('config/production.json')
            }
        }
    }

[MSFTW]

it appears to be related to the line with 'template' on it specifically

[Bjornej]

Yes it seems I've forgot to add that function as recognized. When I get home I'll correct the bug and create a new version for you to try.

[MSFTW]

Thanks. I've cloned and tested. Adding this line: read: function(){return {};},

immediately above the readJSON line in Init.txt seems to do the trick. I would have submitted a pull request for this, but it seems I do not have permission to publish a branch in your repo :(

Either way - I look forward to being able to use this sweet plugin on my project again.

Also, Mads demoed this at TechEd a few weeks ago and it looked like he had something to set a task to run on open of a project (I.e., grunt watch). Is that something that is available now and I'm just missing it in the options somewhere? (If there's another forum I can ask this type of question or submit feedback/suggestions, please direct me there)

[MSFTW]

Oh - right... gotta fork first ;) Here is the pull request: https://github.com/Bjornej/GruntLauncher/pull/20

Thanks again.

[Bjornej]

Thanks for the pull request. I'll merge it and do a check for other missing functions then I'll publish the updated version on the gallery.

As for Mads presentation I've seen it but the ability to run grunt when opening a project or when pressing F5 it's not present in GruntLauncher.

I suppose he was using a custom project type but to know for sure you would have to ask him directly.

[Bjornej]

I've merged your pull request and added some other missing functions then published it on Visual Studio gallery.